We create feel-good homes from the heart
Oak + Arrow believes our homes should be calming retreats that give us a sense of peace every time we walk in the door. To us, that means spaces that are equal parts relaxed and classy, with smart functionality that makes everyday life easier and more enjoyable. We embrace a fresh, cozy style that’s a unique mix of clean-lined transitional, coastal casual, and lived-in luxury for designs that fall right in the middle between formal and modern.
By mixing different styles and eras with muted, easy-to-live-with colors and our secret ingredient, texture, and more texture, we give our clients spaces with timeless character and visual interest. Based in Louisiana, we specialize in new construction, renovation, and furnishing projects for homes and businesses in and around New Orleans and anywhere people want a from-the-heart, feel-good home.
We walk our talk
Our values - Professionalism, Kindness, Integrity, and Quality - aren’t just words. They’re how we live and they’re what we want you to say about us to your friends and family when you work with us. We hold ourselves to high standards of professionalism and quality to give you the best, most seamless experience and results possible from our communications and processes to our designs and the products we use to create them. As simple as it sounds, we truly believe kindness and integrity change everything. We approach everyone we encounter with this in mind and work to create an atmosphere filled with caring, respect, honesty, and transparency everywhere we go.
Our Founder + Principal Designer
Meet Lacey
After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in Interior Design, Lacey Holdsworth worked with a design firm in her native New Orleans, then moved to Wyoming. There, she spent years with a luxury design firm designing homes, including the complete redesign of a country club.
Lacey eventually returned to NOLA where she opened a brick and mortar design store, Oak + Arrow, a name that paid homage to her love for both Louisiana and the western U.S.
As requests from customers grew for Lacey to design their homes, she pivoted the business into what it is now, a full-service interior design firm serving both residential and commercial clientele throughout New Orleans, as well as mountain and beachfront locations. Lacey’s signature comfortably elegant design style continues to capture the attention of clients and the media alike, while the friendly, seamless project experience she and her team provide makes O + A even more of a rising star in the eyes of clients and the design world at large.
Twice per year, Lacey travels to design industry markets including High Point, Dallas, and Atlanta to find the latest and greatest products. By nurturing relationships with the best vendors in the business, Lacey ensures quality products and attentive service at the manufacturing level for her clients.
Now that you know who we are, take a look at what we do
OAK + ARROW FEATURES
We’re always honored to be featured in the media, but what’s even better is knowing our clients are happy in the spaces we create for them!
Client Testimonials
"Exceptionally creative. Lacey worked with us on a top-to-bottom renovation of a dated vacation home in Jackson Hole and we couldn't be more happy with the results. She has a tremendous eye for materials and textures, and in particular transformed a closet-like bathroom into what can only be described as a magnificent spa-like space. Throughout the process her communication was exemplary, she was a great thought partner, and kept us feeling very confident of the progress from afar. Could not recommend more highly!"
Gabrielle Novacek
"In 2016, I was on a very small committee that was tasked with picking an interior design company to redecorate our very out dated country club. Lacey was working at Willow Creek Interiors in Jackson Hole, WY and she and her boss put together the most professional presentation of any firm that we interviewed. Our project was very large and complicated and Lacey handled it beautifully. She is very talented and has wonderful taste. Some of our members were very wary of change and were very happy with the outcome when it was finished. The new look has brought in more people eating there and we had many more weddings and events held there this year mostly because of the redo. Not only did they bring it in on time but under budget. They had only 2 1/2 months to get this major project done and they did it!!!!"
Carolyn Allen
"Lacey helped transform our outdated home into the perfect living space. The job was fairly extensive...remodeling of bathrooms, interior stripped and repainted, removal of carpeting and installing hardwood floors etc. Her choice of all new furniture throughout is not only comfortable but aesthetically beautiful. All this while staying within the timeframe promised and on budget!"
Christine Singh
One of the brightest interior design stars to shine upon Nola!!! If you are looking to have the best of the best design and decorate your new home, vacation house or business, go see Lacey Stalter at the Oak + Arrow on Canal btw the 610 and city park avenue!!!
Leslie McMichael
"I've had the pleasure of working with Lacey on both a commercial project, a country club renovation, and a personal one.
Wonderful experience. Exceptional good taste, an eye for quality, and a focus on getting the most for our budget. All within a very tight timeframe. On-time, on budget, and gorgeous results"
Mike Fames